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Israel in the Middle East Documents and Readings on Society, Politics, and Foreign Relations, Pre-1948 to the Present
ISBN: PB: 9780874519624, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, December 2007
650 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
This timely anthology, completely revised and updated from the original edition in 1984, provides convenient access to the most significant documents of the Zionist movement since 1882 and of Israel's domestic and foreign policy issues between 1948 a...
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£36,00
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Gilded Lions and Jeweled Horses The Synagogue to the Carousel, Jewish Carving Traditions
ISBN: HB: 9781584656371, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, October 2007
196 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
Based on more than 20 years of original research in Europe, Israel, and the United States by artist Murray Zimiles, and accompanied by an essay by distinguished Judaica scholar Vivian B.Mann, this book is the first fully developed study of the secula...
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£60,00
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Eternally Eve Images of Eve in the Hebrew Bible, Midrash, and Modern Jewish Poetry
ISBN: PB: 9781584655732, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, September 2007
256 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
The biblical accounts of Eve's life are central to Western culture, occupying a privileged place in our literature and art, culture, and society. For both Judaism and Christianity, these stories involving Eve have for centuries been entangled with th...
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£24,00
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Suddenly Jewish Jews Raised as Gentiles Discover Their Jewish Roots
ISBN: PB: 9781584656203, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, February 2007
144 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
One woman learned on the eve of her Roman Catholic wedding. One man as he was studying for the priesthood. Madeleine Albright famously learned from the Washington Post when she was named Secretary of State. "What is it like to find out you are not wh...
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£16,00
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Leo Strauss and the Politics of Exile The Making of a Political Philosopher
ISBN: HB: 9781584656005, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, January 2007
188 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
Born in rural Hesse, Germany, Leo Strauss (1899-1973) became an active Zionist and philosopher during the tumultuous and fractious Weimar Republic. As Eugene R. Sheppard demonstrates in this groundbreaking and engaging book, Strauss gravitated toward...
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£40,00
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